LONDON — Two friends of Amy Winehouse who sold items belonging to the late star worth around $970,000 “took advantage” of her father’s forgetfulness, a lawyer said on Tuesday at London’s High Court.

The Jewish singer’s former stylist, Naomi Parry, and her friend Catriona Gourlay sold dozens of items, including a black Armani bag and dresses Winehouse wore on her last tour in June 2011.

Winehouse’s father, Mitch, has brought a lawsuit in the UK against the pair, alleging they did not have the right to sell the items, which were sold between November 2021 and May 2023.

Lawyer Henry Legge, acting for Mitch Winehouse, said it was claimed in an email to the late singer’s father and his ex-wife Janis that the sale involved just a “few things,” a description the attorney said was “grossly misleading.”

The court heard earlier that the two women sold 150 objects that had belonged to Winehouse, who died of alcohol poisoning at age 27.

Parry realized that Mitch Winehouse was, in her words, “lazy” about keeping tabs on........

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